The slab was located in the church of Wetsinge until 1840, the year in which the church was demolished

(Original) location inside the original institution

Still in original institution?

no

Location inside the institution

In situ?

(Probable) original location

Argumentation

Related memorial objects in the same institution

Additional remarks (original location)

Additional remarks

Function

Memorial piece

Function

Specification

Additional remarks

Memorial monument or floor slab

Function

liturgical/religious, social and didactic

Grave findings

Additional remarks

• Commemorated on the object are a married couple, (members of) a nuclear family or (members of) an extended family. • Inscription(s) and/or decoration(s) with a didactic statement, usually with references to the mortality of mankind/variations on ‘Remember that you will die’

Original function

Change in function

Remarks about function

Commemorated party

Name

Aepko Onstha and Gela van Ewesum (Aepko Onsta and Gela van Ewsum)

Specification

Members of the commemorated party

Commemorated person(s)

[31] Gela van Ewesum (Gela van Ewsum) (female)

[30] Aepko Onstha (Aepko Onsta) (male)

Commemorated institution(s)

Relation between commemorated persons

married couple

Relation specification

Additional remarks

Commissioning party

Name

Composition of the commissioning party

Specification

Members of the commissioning party

Commissioning person(s)

Commissioning Institution(s)

Relation between commissioning party and commemorated party

Relation specification

Additional remarks

Physical description

Material(s)

stone

Specification

Traces of polychromy?

Reuse of older objects

Dimensions (cm)

Height x width x depth

316 x 188 x 0

Completeness

Condition

Good condition

Conservation

Technical research

Specification (technical research)

Alterations

Alterations

Specification

Additional remarks

The stone weighs 4000 pounds.

Provenance

Provenance

After the demolition of the church in Wetsinge, the tomb slab was transported to the Groninger Museum (but not immediately because the museum did not exist yet in 1840)

In the year of the Lord 1564, on 28 April, died the noble, venerable and honourable Aepko Onstha, squire of Sauwerd, Wetsinge and Verhildersum; official in Ubbena, at the age of [...]. In the year of the Lord 15[...], on [...], died the noble, honourable and virtuous Gela van Ewesumdaughter, lady of Nienoord, Sauwerd, Wetsinge and Verhildersum, at the age of [...].

I am a supporter and lover of freedom of the fatherland, not enduring that the civil rights of my native country may be shortened. In order that the land flourish useful form, I put me on politics. For the love of my people I despise own advantages. If someone poor desires honest work in accordance with his abilities, whom has my willing hand not helped?

My hope is that I will arise with a new body at the Last Day; which, although dissolved by death, will live again. What good is it having lived or having endured the hardship of the cross, when there rests for me no hope for a new life?